clavicytherium
noun
an upright harpsichord.
clavicytheria
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pluralof clavicytherium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The clavichord and manichord, which we read of in Mozart's letters, were only improved and better-made clavicytheria.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various
Two clavicytheria having two registers of strings and a single row of double tongue jacks have been examined by the author.
From Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries by John D. Shortridge
